The following is an autobiography by Anne Hobbs Purdy

I was born around 1908 in the back country of
Prownington, Missouri. I was teaching in Oregon when
I was given an offer to go to Alaska to teach. I
have taught in many places such as Franklin Creek (3 years),
Chenin (1 year), Tetlin Indian Village or reservation,
Dot Lake and Eagle (6 to 7 years). Also taught in the
desert in Claifornia at 29 Palms to wayward children, and
Chicken, Alaska for 10 years to ten pupils.

In Eagle I married Fred Purdy and during the following
years legally adopted 10 children. Chuck, Ethel, Doris,
George, Marie, Eddie, Jack, Hank, Lynn and Barbara. Fred
was a miner at Meyers Fork. He died in 1965 and was buried
next to Doris his daughter. I have been an assistant
to the Postmaster, managed road house in Eagle and started
the Eagle Library. I am a sourgough of Chicken, Alaska,
part and parcel of that great land of gold. I was priviledged
to know many of the early sourdoughs before my time.
Paul and Jim Bytell, Dick Mitchell, Jack Hawn, Bill Smeter,
freigter on river with horse sleds carrying supplies,
Ben Norval a very knowledgeable prospector and also a
preacher when needed.

I have written two books, "Dark Boundry" in 1954 and
"Tisha" in 1976. We live off the Taylor Hwy. at the end
of the road in a big yellow house.

Marie became a deep sea diver and now works in a bank
at Anchorage. Barbara traveled the world over, a fine
geologist, and a professional photographer, lives in
Anchorage most of the time. Jack was killed in Vietnam for
nothing. Big Ed, a pilot, but made more money as a truck
driver in Texas. George a brilliant and now president
of oil company in Houston. Ethel lives in Texas as a
professional artist and Hank lives in Fairbanks. Chuck died
of TB after he had grown up. I have had 4 sons in the
armed services. Doris died after, over 10 years of
hospitalization and Lynn lives with me spending most of her
time knitting.